TABLE 1.
Types | Activators | Characterization | References |
Ferroptosis | Iron and extracellular glutamine | Plasma membrane integrity loss, organelles disruption and swelling, mitochondria shrunk, without DNA fragmentation | Li et al., 2018 |
Necroptosis | Inflammatory factors | Plasma membrane integrity loss, organelles disruption and swelling, without mitochondria shrunk, without DNA fragmentation | Oberst, 2016; Li et al., 2018 |
Apoptosis | Inflammatory factors | Chromatin condensation, nuclear shrinkage, and DNA fragmentation | Castagna et al., 2016; Li et al., 2018 |
Oxytosis | Glutamate; ROS |
Mitochondrial fragmentation, without DNA fragmentation |
Lewerenz et al., 2018; Takashima et al., 2019; Nagase et al., 2020 |
Pyroptosis | Inflammatory factors | Nuclear condensation, cell swelling, lipid membrane vacuole formation, lipid membrane ruptures, without DNA fragmentation | Li et al., 2018 |